Patents by Inventor Andreas MOERITZ

Andreas MOERITZ has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Oil pump housing of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 8714133
    Abstract: An oil pump housing of an internal combustion engine flanged to a crankshaft housing, which includes, but is not limited to an oil pump housing wall. The oil pump housing has an oil collecting tray in an upper region of the oil pump housing wall. An oil return channel is integrated in the oil pump housing. An oil return channel extends from an oil inlet opening in the oil collecting tray as far as an oil outlet opening in an area below an oil pan level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Bicker, Andreas Moeritz
  • OIL PUMP HOUSING OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20120227702
    Abstract: An oil pump housing of an internal combustion engine flanged to a crankshaft housing, which includes, but is not limited to an oil pump housing wall. The oil pump housing has an oil collecting tray in an upper region of the oil pump housing wall. An oil return channel is integrated in the oil pump housing. An oil return channel extends from an oil inlet opening in the oil collecting tray as far as an oil outlet opening in an area below an oil pan level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich BICKER, Andreas MOERITZ